Car-floor construction.



W. E. FOWLER, Sn.

CAR FLOOR CONSTRU N. APPLICATION FILED MAY .1915.

Patented Oct. 23, 1917.

UNITED %TATE% PATENT @FFIQE.

WILLIAM E. FOWLER, SR., OF CHICAGO,.ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE FOWLER CAR COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

CAR-FLOOR CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 23, 191v.

Application filed. May 22, 1915. Serial No. 29,795.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM E. FowLnR, S12, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Floor Constructions, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to railway cars and has particular reference to a novel means for sealing the joints between the side walls and floor of a car.

It is desirable that means should be provided for obviating the possibility of escape of fine granular material, and particularly grain, from railway cars and particularly from the point of the side walls and floor thereof. This is particularly necessary in cars in which the side wall is composed of a single thickness of boards placed edge on edge and extending longitudinally of the cars. A rabbeted joint between the side wall and floor is shown in my Patent No. 1,062,701, dated May 27, 1913. I have, however, considered it advisable to provide addi tional means for preventing the escape of grain. The construction which I haveillustrated herein is particularly desirable in that no special shapes are required andbut very little additional labor is necessary in the installation of the metallic sill.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary, sectional View through a freight car showing a preferred form of my locking device;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the pertinent portion of Fig. 1, and,

Fig. 3 shows a somewhat modified form.

Referring more particularly to the drawings it will be seen that in the car illustrated I have provided a body .bolster 10, side sillll, side posts 12, side wall 13, and floor 14c. As shown the lower member of the side wall is rabbeted forming a notch within which the end of a floor board projects. As a continuation of the rabbet, I provide a kerf 15. In the preferred form shown in Flgs. 1 and 2, I locate a small metal angle 16, at the junction of the two members, one

leg of the angle lying in a recess 17, in the board, and the other leg of the angle occupymg the kerf 15. This angle may be secured to the floor board by a screw 18. The

extended end of the floor board and the other leg of the angle occupying the kerf 21, in the side board. The horizontal leg of the angle may be nailed or screwed to the floor board. 7

Other modifications will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art and such modifications as are within the scope of my claims I consider within the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. In a railway car, the combination of a side wall the lower edge of which is provided with a kerf substantially midway between the edges thereof, a floor board terminating substantially in the plane of said kerf, and a metallic angle located at the junction of said side wall and floor and having one leg projecting into said kerf, substantially as described.

2. In a railway car, the combination of a side wall, the lower board of which is rabbeted and kerfed in the plane of the rabbet, a floor, the outer edge of which projects into said rabbet, and an angle lying on said floor and having a leg projecting into said kerf, substantially as described.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 19th day of May, 1915.

WILLIAM E. FOWLER, SR.

Witnesses:

C. F. MURRAY, T. D. BUTLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained, for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

